The fans will boo if we get up early. I'm praying Rossley and Sherman don't waste the first quarter this week. They have 2 friggin weeks of film study to prepare. We need to get up on the Vikes and turn their crowd against them and we should win the game. If we don't do this, I have no idea what will happen, but it probably won't be a favourable result for us.

I don't think we can count on the running game to get it going for us. If the vikettes use their 3-4 defense like they did against the Bears Rossley probably won't be prepared, not to mention that our "stable" of running backs is pretty mediocre.
Hopefully Brett will be able to break their backs early. If he has one of those "dome" games this could turn into a real puker.
This game is the Packers biggest challenge at this point in time. Let's hope our team is up for it.
Let's hope the Green Bay coaching staff is up to it.

I notice according to the D rankings that their Passing D is a top 10 passing D (Pat and Kevin Williams, Smoot, Winfield, Chavous and yes even Sharper are a part of that Pass D, whether he has helped out or not).

Not well from what I remember. It gave us fits vs. Houston last season and vs. the Bills and Patriots in the pre-season. I don't get the switch personally given that the scheme seems designed to put the LBs in position to make plays and that is the weakest position on the Queens' D.

Daunte Culpepper - intercepted, ....not once - but twice... by none other than our own No.36 - Nick Collins. While at the same time, we see Brett Favre thread the needle on the Vikings own 4th & 26, right past Darren Sharper all over again.... toooo sa-weeeet!

I look for Collins & Cole (both) to have a big day this time around.
Our Defense is set to come unhinged the moment they smell blood from Culpepper...

And Sharper won't be able to stop a thing.... even Darren will see the marked improvement on the Packer's Defense! Whether he wears purple or not - he'll be green watching the Packers take this game....

The fans will boo if we get up early. I'm praying Rossley and Sherman don't waste the first quarter this week. They have 2 friggin weeks of film study to prepare. We need to get up on the Vikes and turn their crowd against them and we should win the game. If we don't do this, I have no idea what will happen, but it probably won't be a favourable result for us.

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I hope the Pack spent bye week preparing for this game instead of partying. Be ready no matter what. Be rested up.

I will be at this game and will settle for nothing less than total domination of the Queens. Was at the Badger game last Saturday and there is nothing quite like silencing that noise in the dump. Tickets are widely available for about half the typical cost of Packer/Queens games of the past. Look for a heavier than normal Green/Gold presence at the game.

If the Pack gets the coin toss, defer and take the ball first to start the second half. I imagine a lot more 2 tight end sets and less U-71...Favre has found some new targets in Lee and Martin and we can exploit the 3-4 with this formation.

And yes, IPB...I look for a big game from Cole and Collins...2 real nice up and comers.

Obi...this is EXACTLY what worries me, and what demands great scrutiny, about Mike Sherman. Which team...or, more specifically, which GAMEPLAN shows up. Is it the gameplan that reins in our offense with predictably conservative calls, or the one that attacks and exploits the shown weaknesses of opponent's defenses. Is the team hot out the chute, or do they ease into things...getting hot only when their backs are against the wall.

Obi...this is EXACTLY what worries me, and what demands great scrutiny, about Mike Sherman. Which team...or, more specifically, which GAMEPLAN shows up. Is it the gameplan that reins in our offense with predictably conservative calls, or the one that attacks and exploits the shown weaknesses of opponent's defenses. Is the team hot out the chute, or do they ease into things...getting hot only when their backs are against the wall.

We shall see...I hope for the "go for the throat" model.

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Digs, IPB,

Though your concerns are good and all, they are NOT well founded.
What lost the games for the Packers in those games where they shot themselves in the foot wasn't the Gameplan... It was the lack of execution, penalties, and the turnovers.

Packers resolved that vs. NO and look what happened. I think it boils down to the same thing here. If the Packers win, they win in a landslide because of their lack of penalties and mistakes.

You are right, Obi...they shot themselves in the foot, in addition to what I consider poor game plans. But, when shot in the foot, down 2 scores with 4 minutes and change left, why no urgency...why the casual huddle up when Favre has spent his entire career, at least his career prior to tje current regime, eating up defenses with the 2 minute drill.

Actually, I don't see how the Pack loses this game. Because of the injuries to the line, we will use the 3-4 defense and our linebackers stink. I see Farve tossing slants to Driver and using your tightends when you're not running Green down our throats.

This current team pretty much quits on Tice when they're down and when that happens,the fans will rain boos down on their heads.